Wire-mesh fabric.



E. FULLER. WIRE MESH FABRIC.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

UEMTED strains PATENT @hl l@E.

EUGENE FULLER, or Pnomnnnon, ni-ionn ISLAND, AssmNon, JBY :omno'r AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, To WEBB manurnorunmo COMPANY, a CORPORATION or RHODE ISLAND.

WIRE-MESH FABRIC.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EUGENE Funnnn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Mesh Fabric, of which .the following is a specification.

This inventionfirelates to wire mesh fabric and has for its object to provide such a fabric formed of links each being constructed of wire bent into substantially a U- shape whose side arms are each formed into an elongated loop of a size to receive the corresponding loop of the next adjacent link, and the extremity of the wire of each arm returning and being bent around its Own base bar, thereby forming an extremely strong link, without the necessity of soldering, which cannot be pulled apart. These links are interengaged one with the other to form a fabric by passing the side arms of one through the loop of that of the next bringing two of said side arms of the adjacent links practically together, forming laterally arranged pairs of arms and each pair by this process of linking one into the other are arranged to hang or suspend on the base bar of the next adjacent links longitudinally, whereby each pair of arms in the fabric are arranged spaced apart n the same plane transversely of the fabric and in staggered relation to each other longitudinally of the fabric.

A further object of the invention is to form the loop portion of the side arms with a tapering opening to prevent the base bar portion of the link from swinging laterally and passing through the lower end of the loop of the next adjacent link thereby preventing tangling of the links or kinking of the fabric.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of; construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Of the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view showing a portion of fabric constructed of my improved links. Fig. 2 is an enlarged rear view of the U-shaped link. Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of the U- shaped link showing theextremities of the wire at the side arms as fastened by re- Specification of Letters Patent. applicetionfiledllanuary 10, 1913. 1f1al No.;74J,192.

Patented NOV. 18, 1913.

bar. Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevation of the link showing the side arms as bent in the form of a tapering loop with the extremity of the wire as bending around the base bar of the U. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing tw-olinks engaging each other, Elie upper link having its base bar in secion.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the laterally extending base. bar of the U- shaped link having two longitudinal side arms 11 and 12, the Wire forming these arms being bent, as illustrated in Fig. 4, on a slight rearward sweep as at 13, then extending out for some distance at substantially a right angle to the axis of the base bar, and bent around as at It into a loop form, the end returning and passing back of the base bar 10 and then bent around forward close to the shoulder 21 with its extremity 15 abutting the return portion 16, thereby forming an elongated loop 17 somewhat of a pear-shape, only large enough at its inner end 18 to receive the diameter of the wire of the loop. and large enough at its outer end 19 to permit the coil 20 to pass therethrough. In forming a fabric of these links the side arm of one may be readily passed through the loop in the side arm of the next link, whereby the links are interengaged and arranged in the position illustrated. in Fig. 1, the arms of the adjacent links being close to each other forming laterally arranged pairs of arms in the same lateral plane, and the base bars of each row having their axes substantially on a line with each other. By hanging each pair of side arms on the base bar of the next adjacent links longitudinally the design of the fabric shows a pair of arms spaced apart in the same plane transversely of the fabric and in staggered relation to each other longitudinally of the fabric.

An essential feature of my improved link is that the same may be formed from a continuous piece of wire fed to a machine which will antomaticallyform the links and then inter-mesh the links one with the other to form a finished fabric.

Another essential feature of my improved link is that the extremities of the links are securely fastened by being bent around a part of the link and this without the necessity of soldering these links. renders them so strong that they cannot be pulled apart. 

